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If You Don't, He Will. Negotiating Your UX Career

Negotiation is the key to getting what you want and deserve. This talk will provide the most influential ideas in business regarding negotiation and empower the audience to be effective negotiators.

In UX we negotiate on behalf of users throughout the development life cycle. We do this as we work with team members, stakeholders and clients; and those skills are especially helpful when we make difficult-to-hear recommendations. Unfortunately, many of us are not taught skills that will help us negotiate well.

This session will provide the audience with tools to become effective negotiators in their personal and professional lives.

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Carol Smith is a research driven UX professional who motivates teams to design products and services to meet the needs of their intended users. Carol has led projects for the US government, non-profits and corporations in a variety of industries. Her efforts have improved user's experiences of mobile apps, Web sites, software, consumer goods and services. Carol has a Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction from DePaul University. She currently manages a design team for IBM Watson in Pittsburgh, PA. She enjoys spending time with her family, volunteering with UX organizations and in her community.